How to Use filthy in a Sentence
filthy
adjective- She's in a filthy mood.
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So open to the skies, and filthy.
—Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
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Or find a less filthy campmate.
—New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2025
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There is a lot of crazy and filthy stuff posted out there on the web.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2023
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There’s a filthy joy in the air around him, and the new norm is that there are no norms.
—Kyle Smith, National Review, 9 Mar. 2022
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On the other hand, the cloth seats in many buses are filthy.
—Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
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But her real charm lies in her white sneakers with filthy laces.
—Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2023
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Inside, filthy soldiers press up against the wood.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 12 May 2026
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The man says the bathrooms are filthy, medicine not given, lack of tests.
—Tiffany Ap, Quartz, 13 Apr. 2022
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In one case, 600 men had to share two abysmally filthy kitchens.
—Ky Henderson, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2022
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The house was also filthy and there was no more than six ounces of baby food in the kitchen.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2022
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Slightly less filthy than the ones on the balcony, those bricks could have used a coat of paint.
—Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
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But there’s a difference between a dirty deal and a filthy deal.
—NBC news, 15 Mar. 2026
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The waste water after cleaning showed how filthy the rugs still were.
—Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 14 Nov. 2022
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Grab a sponge and a bucket, some vinegar, and dish soap, and scrub away that filthy grime.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2026
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Her home is often filthy, with dirty diapers and garbage strewn about.
—jsonline.com, 16 Nov. 2022
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The sidewalks were filthy, filled with homeless tents and a god-awful smell.
—Andy Kessler, WSJ, 5 June 2022
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The movie doesn’t make this plot very clear, and is more concerned with the texture of this filthy world.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
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Nothing sends chills down your spine like evil clowns, undead monsters and a filthy car.
—Charlie Vargas, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
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Foodies, celebrity chefs, the filthy rich—this is low-hanging fruit for a satirist.
—A.a. Dowd, Chron, 16 Nov. 2022
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The woman was discovered chained by the neck in a filthy shack, in footage filmed late last month.
—NBC News, 5 Feb. 2022
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Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but your water bottle is filthy.
—Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 16 Feb. 2023
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But there are better and less gross ways to do that than walking around inside with your filthy shoes on.
—Mark Patrick Taylor, CBS News, 26 May 2023
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Jackson Lamb has long, greasy hair and a pot belly over which hangs a filthy old trench coat.
—Barbara Ellis, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
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Thousands of Liam Ramoses remain in filthy cages.
—Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
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The latter is a warm-hearted sendup of morality and the filthy rich.
—Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Jan. 2023
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The release said they were found in filthy containers and lacked food or water.
—Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2025
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Alexander pulled out a baby-blue melodica to lay down a filthy ska rhythm for his band.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
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The skinny, filthy man in the wheelchair looked nothing like her little boy.
—Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Dec. 2022
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They were all posed in the same direction, placed face down in filthy water and barefoot.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 26 July 2023
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